Under a Cruel Star - A life in Prague 1941-1968

Informationen zum Autor Heda Kovaly was born Heda Bloch in Prague in 1919, the daughter of a prosperous Jewish couple. She survived imprisonment and forced labour under the Nazi regime, during which time both her parents were killed. She escaped from a labour camp in 1945 and returned to her native Prague, where she was re-united with her husband, Rudolf Margolius, who was later executed in a communist show-trial. Following the trial Heda and her son left Prague for America, where Heda worked as a translator and later as a librarian at Harvard University School of Law. She returned to Prague in 1996 where she later passed away, aged 91, in 2010. Helen Epstein is a veteran arts journalist and translator of ten books of non-fiction. Born in Prague, she grew up in New York City. Klappentext A classic account of life under Nazism and Stalinism that will appeal to fans of Alone in Berlin and Stasiland Zusammenfassung A classic account of life under Nazism and Stalinism that will appeal to fans of Alone in Berlin and Stasiland

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• Autori: Heda Kovaly, Heda Margolius Kovaly, Heda Kovály
• Con la collaborazione di: Franci Epstein (Traduzione), Helen Epstein (Traduzione), Epstein Helen (Traduzione)
• Editore: Granta Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9781847084767
• ISBN: 978-1-84708-476-7
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 218 mm x 17 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Memoirs, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1950 to c 1959, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), C 1945 To C 1960, Former Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs